Bachsten Safari camp was to be our home for a week. We drove through a fire to get there and this threatened the camp for most of our stay. We didn't get to Walcot Inlet, 75 klms and 5 hours drive, due to the threat of fires. We left to go there but turned back after 32 k's. We would have been the only people there and without some knowledge of where the fires were we felt it was too dangerous. There was plenty to do at the camp. This Aboriginal art was directly behind the camp. It was some of the best we encountered on our trip. Bachsten Falls were a complete surprise. Susan hadn't heard of them and they are a smaller version of the Mitchell falls.
Sunsets with the fires about are special. We would take drinks and snacks up into the surrounding rocks at sunset and relax with Dave and Janet. Always on the lookout for the fires.
After the fires had cleared the track to the falls we made our way down to the plunge pool where i fished while Susan swam. Good Sooty Grunter here I'll tell you. I let 5 go, keeping these two for the table that night. Every body else enjoyed them, I gave them a miss. On arriving back at the camp we were confronted with another fire front and spent the next few hours back burning and on fire watch.